Together they drove the van to Manhattan and parked it next to the New York Federal Reserve Bank, and walked to a nearby hotel.
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But it would presumably be torn up if the gold price rose sharply: the Bank of France said this month that it wants to offload some 500 tonnes over the next five years.
Across Europe and in America, changes in banking law are being put in place which will make it easier to force bank creditors to share the pain of a failure next time.
Despite all the gloom, however, another cut next week is far from inevitable, because much of it is not news to the Bank.
If you want to keep it somewhere safe and accessible for emergencies or a short-term goal like a home purchase in the next 5 years, you might want to open it with a bank, credit union, or money market fund.
Neither the Bank of England nor any City commentator expects it to fall in the next six months.
Perhaps it is a bank heist of sorts, in the frantic run up this week and next to the Brussels summit in on 8-9 December, where the 27 Eurozone leaders are expected to make some binding, if not bold, decisions.
Since some of this debt is due for repayment next year, the Bank of England has a deadline for deciding whether to roll it over into a perpetual zero-interest debt - which would be seen as, in effect, writing off the debt.
Inflation fell to 2.8% in the year to July, strengthening the chances that the European Central Bank will cut interest rates when it meets next week.
It is rare for any bank to confirm or deny it tapped a central bank for funding, and it sets a precedent for other banks to do the same the next time concerns arises about which institution might need cash.
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